Door-securing means



June 30, 1925.

. 1,544,480 H. Q. RACINE DOOR SECURING MEANS Filed Sept. 10, 1924 Junie 30,1925; I p UNITED STATES nEoTon nacnvn,

1544,4524; PATENT, OFFICE;

OFATLANTIC, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR To RAYMOND K., HOYT, or ATLANTIC, MASSACHUSETTS.

noon-snwnrne MEANS.

Application filed September 10,1924. Serial N0. 736,988.

To all whom it nlay concern:

Be it known that I, HECTOR Q. RAGINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Door-Securing Means, of which the following is a specification.

The object of provision of an easily and quickly applied and manipulated device for holding a door against opening, and one which is so constructed that in case of fire or any other emergency the door may be expeditiously and easily released for the opening thereof.

Other objects and practical advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying forming part of this specification, in which':

Figure 1 is a view showing my novel device with the parts positioned to preclude opening of the door from the outside.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the preferred embodiment of my invention per se.

Figures 3 to 6 are views 'of parts comprised in my novel device.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

v I show in Figure 1 a swinging door 1 together withthe side stile 2 of a door frame, the said stile 2 being recessed at 3 for the reception of a lug or lateral projection 4 on a metallic bar '5 comprised in my improvement, the opposite edges of the said bar being toothed'as designated by 6.

In addition to the bar 5 my novel safety or securing device comprises a slidable memher 7 that is adapted to straddle the bar 5 as shown. in Figures 1 and 2, a rotary, spirally ribbed member 8 mounted to rotate in a bifurcated portion 9 of the member 7 and 7 adapted to engage one set of teeth 8,.and

a lever member 10 pivoted at 11 in an upstanding bifurcated portion 12 of the member 7 and having a comparatively short forward arm 13 adapted in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2 to engage the other set of teeth 6 and also having comparatively long arm or handle as best shown in Figure 2. The slidable member 7 'is preferably shaped as shown in Figures 1, 3 and 6 .in order to bear against the face of the door 1 my said invention is'the and also against thestile 2 as appears in 'Figure 1,

In the practical use of my novel device, thebar 5 is engaged with the recessed stile as appears in Figure 1 and the'door 1 is moved to fully'closed'posi'tionI The slidable member 7 isthen moved on the bar by turning of the member 8 until its portions'l'at opposite sides of the bar abut against the door face'and against the stile desired to open the door from within un- I der ordinary circumstances, the member 8 may be turned tomove the slidablemember 7 away from thefdoor and door stile when the door may be quickly and easily opened. In the event of a fire or any other emergency requiring quick opening of the door it is simply necessary to swing the handle of the lever 10 into upright position when the member 8 will be disengaged fromthe adjacent teeth of the bar 5', and the member 7 may be slipped rearwardly on the bar 5 by the direct application of the hand to the member 7..

It will be apparent from the foregoing that notwithstanding the simplicity of my novel device and the facility with which it may be applied and manipulated, the device when properly applied may be depended upon to prevent the opening of the door until a person at the inner side of the door desires that the same be opened. I have'specifically described the preferred construction of my improvement in order to impart an exact understanding of said construction. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the disclosed preferred construction, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of which modifications may be made Without departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, what I ent, is

door securing device comprising a toothed bar having a lateral projection, a

Vmember slidable on said bar andadapted to be positioned against the inner face of a door a. rotary spirally ribbed member mounted in and connected to the slidable member to enable its ribs to work in the interdental spaces of the bar, and adjustable means on the slidable member at the opposite side of the bar to the rotary member and adapted in one position to maintain the rotary member in engagement with the teeth of the bar and in another position to permit of movement of the slidable member at right angles to the length of the bar and movement of the rotary member out of engagement with the teeth of the bar.

2. A door securing device comprising a toothed bar having a lateral projection a member slidable on said bar and adapted to be positioned against the inner face of a door, a rotary spirally ribbed member mounted in and connected to the slidable member to enable its ribs to work in the interdental spaces of the bar and adjustable means on the slidable member at the opposite side of the bar to the rotary member and adapted in one position to maintain the rotary member in engagement with the teeth of the bar and in another position to permit of movement of the slidable member at right angles to the length of the bar and movement of the rotary member out of engagement with the teeth of the bar; the said means being in the form of a lever pivotally connected to the slidable member and having a short'arm to engage the bar and also having a comparatively long arm or handle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa ture.

HECTOR Q. RAGINE. Witness:

LELAND M. CHUTE. 

